A. Veronica addressing the Meet
Last month on 26th,
we under Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Center celebrated the liberation day of Kuwait
by holding a public meeting in Panjim at the Chamber of Commerce Hall. The meet was attended by only 70 persons
instead of 700 or 7000 and from these 70 persons, half the number from
non-Kuwait returnees circle. Since I
returned from Kuwait last year, I am organizing this function to show our
gratitude to Kuwait from where we earned our livelihood and established
ourselves comfortably financially.
Fr. Gabriel Dias seen speaking
Some people especially ex Kuwaitkars in Goa are
questioning my prerogative to hold these Meetings as if I am committing a sin
by doing so. As a matter of fact to
organize these Meets I am alone spending thousands of Rupees from my own
pocket, I am not asking any financial help from anyone nor from any of the
current Kuwitcars or Kuwait returnees.
Manuel Fernandes seen speaking
With the intention of sharing even a small
portion of expenditure, none even asking me whether any help is needed though
they are boasting of their financial empire which they built only because of
their employment in Kuwait otherwise many of them would live like paupers.
Prof. Sergio Carvalho
There are thousands of Goans in Kuwait and they
are the direct beneficiaries of the goodwill of Kuwaitis in Kuwait of our
Meetings in Goa on 26th February.
Even they are not contributing anything but some of them are talking
against holding these meetings.
Peggy Pereira proposing Vote of Thanks
Without Kuwait they would be nothing in life. No Indian community is organizing such Meets in India except
Goan community for this reason there is more goodwill generated for Goans in
Kuwait. Neither any nationality anywhere in the World.
Elvino Rodrigues seen speaking
What would be the future of overwhelming majority of
Kuwait Goans, current and returnees, if it was not for their employment in
Kuwait? They had no bright future for this
reason they should be grateful to Kuwait.
What Goa and India could not provide them, the country Kuwait provided
them.
Logo of G-K.S.C.
Mrs. Fatima presenting Bouquet to chief guest
That does not mean in Kuwait Heavenly Mannas are
falling for us, that does not mean in Kuwait we are getting easy money, no, we
are working very hard with topmost sacrifices with lot of pains and sufferings,
with lot of humiliations and insults, yet we are surviving and doing well. For this reason I am grateful to Kuwait
though I too suffered a lot in Kuwait like many and that does not deter me from
accepting the truth that if today what I am, it is only because of Kuwait.
Observing silence
But do our people realize this truth? Majority of them ”NO”. They are “Beiman” of
first grade because they are coming from third rate character without disciplined
family background and lacking in moral character. It is a pity to see that the
character of these Kuwait Goans present and ex is so bankrupt. There are no
greater selfish people in the world as ex and current Kuwait Goans, of
course with the exception a few.
Even when we organized
the public rallies in Panjim following the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, very few
people attended this rally because the remaining Kuwait returnees thought it
was useless to participate in that rally because Kuwait was already annexed to
Iraq. But when we organised the second rally immediately following the
liberation of Kuwait overwhelming majority of Kuwait returnees took part in
this rally because of selfish motto that is, to return to Kuwait.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349/
